Non scientific name details for chinese yam - Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

chinese yam

3 Accepted name(s) for "chinese yam":

Accepted name
Dioscorea japonica Thunb.
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	Dioscorea japonica Thunb.	dried rhizome	rhizome
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	dried rhizome	rhizome
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		rhizome, stem & leaf
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	Dioscorea oppositifolia L.		Roots
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	dried rhizome	rhizome
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	dried rhizomes from which fibrous roots and periderms have been removed	rhizome
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.	Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

42 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "chinese yam":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
chinese potato	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
chinese-potato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yamswurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
common yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscorea polystachya rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dioscoreae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
echte yamswurzel	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
igname	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
igname de chine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
japanese mountain yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
japanische berg-yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kinayams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
korean yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
koreanische yams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
long chinese yam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
naga-imo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nagaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pochrzyn chinski	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
san	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shan yao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shan yao teng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shu ping	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shu yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
shānyào	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
ubi	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
yam	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
yamaimo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ямс китайский	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
基隆山藥	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山药	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
山葯	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
山薬	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
山藥	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
恆春薯蕷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
薯蕷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
마	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)